I'm bad at following TR rules...sorry about my personal format.
Got back yesterday from 5 days in the MRV...I just don't have the words to describe how good it was.
They got about 15" from the Friday 3/2 storm; the ride up Friday night was a white knuckler all the way, lots of ice and fog. Really couldn't see in certain areas of the trip up 91 and 89, but glad I decided to use the longer interstate route; travel would have been virtually impossible on back roads. I was determined to get there for Saturday.
Saturday 3/3 was sunny and pleasant at MRG, lots of untracked powder everywhere. Woods shots just off some trails were still untouched in places. The woods shots off Upper Antelope were sublime. Even the on trail conditions were amazing...I have never skied Paradise in such awesome snow! It was crowded, I was basically on the 1 lap per hour plan, but it was so worth it. Spent the day in powder heaven, my first real taste of fresh pow this season. I had no idea it was just the appetizer.
Sunday 3/4 dawns colder and cloudy. In an effort to get some more vertical, I went to Sugarbush. Spent pretty much the whole day on the Castlerock double at Lincoln Peak, never waited on a line. Still found untracked snow in easy to access trees like those on Paradise. Rumble was at its' best. Then fluffy, light, dry snow started to fall for real at about noon and by 2pm it was dumping snow. 1-2" per hour. Light and dry. Last run I went down to the base and back up to ski Lew's Line; started my run at 3:45pm in 6" of new fallen fresh. By 4:30pm access roads to Sugarbush and MRG closed due to snow hazard.
Monday 3/5...back to MRG. It was cloudy but dry at the Inn I stayed at, but the snow was falling hard by the time I was halfway to MRG on rt 17. 10"-14" fresh overnight. And this was very light and dry snow. Everything was buried in fresh powder. I was in my trees/steeps clinic and everyone was smiling. I don't even remember half of the tree shots we skied, but everything was untracked pow. AMAZING!
Tuesday 3/6 was COLD at MRG! Never got above zero. Windy too, some of the snow was getting wind packed. But there were still plenty of sheltered areas that had untouched snow. Even places like Falldise and 20th had easy to find untracked lines. Pinching myself at this point to make sure it isn't a dream. The 2 day clinic became the best 2 days of east coast skiing for me EVER.
Wednesday 3/7...gotta go home today, but not until I get another day in at MRG. Temps hovered around zero, felt warm compared to Tuesday. Snow was great, still plenty of untracked shots to explore. And I had the pleasure of meeting up with Eric Freidman the marketing director at MRG. Another skier with a big grin on his face. So Eric showed me a few more untracked tree shots. My last run down 20th to end the trip was untracked top to bottom.
I tried, but the words do it no justice. 5 best days of the season hands down, all 5 probably in the top 20 all time. I could barely move yesterday.
They say that a picture is worth 1000 words...Eric was kind enough to snap a few shots of me to document the outstanding conditions and skiing. This one wound up on the snow conditions page yesterday on the MRG website.
Yup, it's the infamous "call out Greg" pic. Eric really wanted Greg to ski with us on Wednesday. In any case, it's a great shot and my 15 minutes of 2007 ski season fame. Eric took a few more of me, just your run of the mill untracked powder shots in sweet tree filled terrain. I'll get those from him and post them too.
Got back yesterday from 5 days in the MRV...I just don't have the words to describe how good it was.
They got about 15" from the Friday 3/2 storm; the ride up Friday night was a white knuckler all the way, lots of ice and fog. Really couldn't see in certain areas of the trip up 91 and 89, but glad I decided to use the longer interstate route; travel would have been virtually impossible on back roads. I was determined to get there for Saturday.
Saturday 3/3 was sunny and pleasant at MRG, lots of untracked powder everywhere. Woods shots just off some trails were still untouched in places. The woods shots off Upper Antelope were sublime. Even the on trail conditions were amazing...I have never skied Paradise in such awesome snow! It was crowded, I was basically on the 1 lap per hour plan, but it was so worth it. Spent the day in powder heaven, my first real taste of fresh pow this season. I had no idea it was just the appetizer.
Sunday 3/4 dawns colder and cloudy. In an effort to get some more vertical, I went to Sugarbush. Spent pretty much the whole day on the Castlerock double at Lincoln Peak, never waited on a line. Still found untracked snow in easy to access trees like those on Paradise. Rumble was at its' best. Then fluffy, light, dry snow started to fall for real at about noon and by 2pm it was dumping snow. 1-2" per hour. Light and dry. Last run I went down to the base and back up to ski Lew's Line; started my run at 3:45pm in 6" of new fallen fresh. By 4:30pm access roads to Sugarbush and MRG closed due to snow hazard.
Monday 3/5...back to MRG. It was cloudy but dry at the Inn I stayed at, but the snow was falling hard by the time I was halfway to MRG on rt 17. 10"-14" fresh overnight. And this was very light and dry snow. Everything was buried in fresh powder. I was in my trees/steeps clinic and everyone was smiling. I don't even remember half of the tree shots we skied, but everything was untracked pow. AMAZING!
Tuesday 3/6 was COLD at MRG! Never got above zero. Windy too, some of the snow was getting wind packed. But there were still plenty of sheltered areas that had untouched snow. Even places like Falldise and 20th had easy to find untracked lines. Pinching myself at this point to make sure it isn't a dream. The 2 day clinic became the best 2 days of east coast skiing for me EVER.
Wednesday 3/7...gotta go home today, but not until I get another day in at MRG. Temps hovered around zero, felt warm compared to Tuesday. Snow was great, still plenty of untracked shots to explore. And I had the pleasure of meeting up with Eric Freidman the marketing director at MRG. Another skier with a big grin on his face. So Eric showed me a few more untracked tree shots. My last run down 20th to end the trip was untracked top to bottom.
I tried, but the words do it no justice. 5 best days of the season hands down, all 5 probably in the top 20 all time. I could barely move yesterday.
They say that a picture is worth 1000 words...Eric was kind enough to snap a few shots of me to document the outstanding conditions and skiing. This one wound up on the snow conditions page yesterday on the MRG website.
Yup, it's the infamous "call out Greg" pic. Eric really wanted Greg to ski with us on Wednesday. In any case, it's a great shot and my 15 minutes of 2007 ski season fame. Eric took a few more of me, just your run of the mill untracked powder shots in sweet tree filled terrain. I'll get those from him and post them too.
